hi! i’m doing something a little different this nano. my little cousin recently reminded me of something. a while ago she asked me to tell her a story once and thus the concept for ‘outside these walls’ came into being. i’ve decided to write it out into an actual story for fun + so she can always have it. very cheesy, i know. anyways, my goal is to get at least 20k in it by the end of the month. here’s a little excerpt + all the info for it under the cut :)
Juniper had always prided herself on being the “good” one wherever she went. The good sister, the good student, the good pixie. She was doing a pretty good job at it, if she did say so herself. Which she did, constantly. She lived in the tallest oak tree in the middle of Wild Grove with her four sisters and her mother. It was cramped and there was next to no hope for any kind of privacy but she loved it there nonetheless.
If only that were enough to fully bottle her true passion: adventure. Technically speaking, she hadn’t exactly been on this grand adventure yet (or any adventure for that matter) but she knew it would all come together one day. It was hard for her to determine when that day would be exactly on account of a few things.
Her first problem was that she was a terrible flier. One would assume that being born with wings would make you great at using them by default. Juniper was the one assuming and, boy, could she have not been more wrong.
The second problem was her overprotective (but very loving) mother. Nothing Juniper ever did went unnoticed by her mom despite her having four other kids to look after. Not to mention, Juniper was the baby by default since her actual youngest sister refused to be babied and it was clear her mom had no intention of letting her leave the metaphorical nest any time soon.
And, finally, her last problem was Scout. He was a boy which was an issue all on its on. But no, Juniper’s problem with Scout lied in the fact that he outright refused to aid her adventurer dreams. He had the know-how, was easily the best flier she’d ever met and he was fully authorized the leave whenever he wanted to. It was extremely unfair that he was out living her wildest dream and he wouldn’t even throw her a crumb.
So, she had decided, that would soon change.